This Day In Comedy: December 24

Born this day in 1956, Stephanie Hodge, age 55, comedian, actress, Nurses, I Madman, Happily Ever After.
		Died this day in 2006, Kenneth Sivertsen Norwegian singer, poet and comedian, suffered severe head trauma after collapsing from an epilepsy attack. Born 01/16/1961, he was 45

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This Day In Comedy: December 23

Born this day in 1943, Harry Shearer, age 68, American actor, comedian, writer, voice artist, musician, author, radio host and director. Was a child actor on The Jack Benny Show.
		Born this day in 1946, John Sullivan, British comedy writer of British sitcoms, including Only Fools and Horses, Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends. He died 04/23/2011 from viral pneumonia at age 64.
Born this day in 1931, Ronnie Schell, age 80, comedian, actor TV's Gomer Pyle, Good Morning World.
		Died this day in 2000, Billy Barty, played Mickey Rooney's kid brother in Mickey McGuire comedies and 1960s TV Show Billy Barty's Big Show. Founded "Little People Of America". Born 10/25/1924, died of heart failure after a lung infection at 76.
Died this day in 2006, Charlie Drake, English comedian, actor, writer and singer. Born 06/19/1925 he died of a stroke at 81.
		Died this day in 2000, Victor Borge, born in Denmark, was too nervous to be a serious classical pianist. Born 01/03/1909, he died in his sleep of heart failure at 91.

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This Day In Comedy: December 22

Born this day in 1915, Emil Sitka was a foil for the Three Stooges. He was going to replace Larry Fine (see photo), but Moe became ill and the act disbanded. He died 01/16/1998 from a massive stroke at age 82.
		Born this day in 1917, Gene Rayburn hosted "The Match Game." He was the announcer on the Tonight Show when Steve Allen was host. He died 11/29/1999 of congestive heart failure at age 81.
Died this day in 1971, Godfried Bomans was a Dutch humorist and writer. Born 03/02/1913, he died of a heart attack at 58.
		On this day in 1964, 47 years ago, Lenny Bruce was convicted of obscenity.

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This Day In Comedy: December 21

Born this day in 1965, Andy Dick, age 46, American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer, Andy Dick Show.
		Born this day in 1965, Anke Engelke, age 46, German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Canada, German voice of TV’s Marge Simpson, The Simpsons
Born this day in 1921, Luigi Creatore, age 90, Luigi of "Hugo & Luigi" comedy team, American songwriter and record producer.
		Born this day in 1922, Paul Winchell, and his dummies Jerry Mahoney And Knucklehead Smiff. Took up ventriloquism to overcome shyness and a speech impediment. Patent holder of artificial heart device which led to  the Jarvik 7. He died 06/24/2005, natural causes at age 82.
Born this day in 1957, Ray Romano, age 54, Italian-American comedian, TV's Everyone Loves Raymond.
		Died this day in 2010, Bob Kaufmann, wrote for the Alan Young Show and recorded a comedy album for Decca Records, "A Trip Through A Blown Mind.” Born 04/24/1921, he died from bone cancer at 89.
Died this day in 1937, Ted Healy, American vaudeville performer, comedian, actor. Original creator of the Three Stooges. Born 10/01/1896, he died from a- a beating in a nightclub brawl, b- a heart attack, or c- nephritis, inflammation of the kidneys, at 41.

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Happy Holidays 2010

Please take this opportunity to share some laughs with your family, friends, co-workers, neighbors and enemies - whoever touches your life. C'mon, you know what's funny!

And say you care, while you can, to those who are important to you, no matter the status of your relationship. Bad things can happen in a blink… say something NOW so you don’t regret that you didn't after they are gone.

Enjoy the holidays! VSUC will return January 2 2011

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This Day In Comedy: December 20

Born this day in 1919, Everett Greenbaum, screenwriter Good Neighbor Sam, Ghost And Mr. Chicken, Reluctant Astronaut, Shakiest Gun In The West, TV’s M*A*S*H, Andy Griffith Show. Died of brain cancer 7/11/1999 at 79
		Born this day in 1968, Joe Cornish, 42, British comedian.
Born this day in 1923, Rod Amateau, writer TV’s Mister Ed, My Mother The Car, Bob Cummings Show, New Phil Silvers Show, Patty Duke Show", George Burns And Gracie Allen Show. He died 06/29/2003 of cerebral hemorrhage at age 79.		Sorry! No photo!
		Died this day in 2009 Arnold Stang, comedian actor, Broadside, Milton Berle, Top Cat. Born 9/28/1918, he died from penumonia at 91.
Died this day in 2001, Foster Brooks, last of the "drunk" Comedians, skipped Junior High , appeared in TV’s Munsters, Bewitched. Opening act for Perry Como. He was born 5/11/1912 and died from heart failure at 89.
		Died this day in 2010 Steve Landesberg, Bronx New York comedian, actor TV’s Barney Miller. He was born 11/23/1936 and died from colon cancer at 74.

Bob Saget - That Ain't Right (Soundtrack) 2007

Bob Saget	Robert Lane Saget	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
May 17 1956 -	Official Site	Wikipedia

Did you see the 2005 documentary The Aristocrats, about the filthiest joke ever told, with its appearance by former sitcom dad Bob Saget? Were you surprised to discover that Saget is not, in fact, a fantasy father with a halo but a real person who, in fact, knows some swear words? If you still haven’t gotten over that surprise, then That Ain’t Right is for you. Everyone else can give it a miss. This intolerable standup routine, which aired on HBO in August, was performed in front of a New York University audience, but to call the quality of the “comedy” juvenile is to give it too much credit. Saget apologizes to the audience at the get-go for his nonstop vulgarity -- he calls his adult-onset “Tourette’s” a reaction to the sappy sweetness of Full House, his once-popular TV show -- but that won’t stop him from beating to death his one joke: that, apparently, he only recently discovered the word fuck and is intent on using it as every part of speech and as often as possible. He does also talk to his penis; implore us to shoot a lot of stuff, like weird creatures from movies, unless they will fornicate with one another for our entertainment; mime masturbation with a microphone stand; and offer advice on the inadvisability of bestiality. Unless, of course, he’s singing -- yes, singing -- about being sexually pleasured by his dog. But those really are all the same joke, and it’s an unpleasantly aggressive and pointlessly tasteless one. Extras on the disc include the exclusive “Strollin’ With Saget” featurette, in which the comedian is personally vulgar to random New Yorkers on the street, and the “Rollin’ With Saget” music video, by the talent-free Jamie Kennedy; neither is any more amusing than the main attraction.

His HBO special has got to be the worst stand up comic performance I have ever seen. It's embarassing to watch, even if you are watching it by yourself. It's so bad, I caught myself looking at the audience members to see if a laugh track was provided, as I can't imagine anyone laughing at this benial, sophormic performance.

It's like he decided that the only thing he wanted to do was show the world he knows how to cuss and be gross, at the expense of his own family and everyone he's ever met.
What a joke. Source: flickfilosopher

01 Soundtrack

	HBO Home Video
	Stand-up
Enjoy!

Bill Hicks - Love, Laughter And Truth 2002

Bill Hicks	William Melvin Hicks	Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Dec 16 1961 - Feb 26 1994 age 32	Official Site Unofficial Site	Wikipedia

01 Intro, Smokers Vs Drinkers
01 Smokers Vs. Drinkers
02 Drunk Driving
03 New York Apartment
04 My One Man Show
05 Pot Smoking
06 Drugs Are Bad
07 Children On Airplanes
08 50 Year Smoker
09 Smoking In Heaven
10 Australia
11 Satiating The American Comed..
12 Dance Club
13 Speaking Of Homosexuality
14 Poe-Naw-Grah-Fee
15 A Question For The Ladies
16 My Favourite New Kid
17 You Can't Get Bitter
18 Closing Bit

Love, Laughter And Truth

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Sam Moss - Live 1977

Sam Moss	Birth name	Birthplace
Born/Died	Official Site	Wikipedia

Almost every week for 30 years, Sam Moss would duck into the basement of his house in Pikesville, Maryland, briefly stopping in the kitchen to admire his wife’s matzo balls. As the kneydlach expanded upstairs, Sam also underwent a metamorphosis. 

The home remodeling salesman and loving father of three would transform into a schmaltz-spewing fountain of Yiddishkeit, known as Jewish Baltimore’s most beloved radio personality. For it was in this Milford Mill road basement – in a little studio next to a subterranean oyster bar where Sam would crack jokes and shuck Chesapeake Bay treyf – that he wrote his weekly radio show, the “Sam Moss Jewish Hour of Comedy and Pride.”

Every Sunday, Baltimore would wake up to his voice, featuring Jewish jokes told over a background of Klezmer music and canned laughter.

Sam would also assume the personality of “Rex Yeed,” the Hollyvoooodcritic, and offer hilarious movie review told in a rollicking Yinglish rhyming patois. Finally, every show would conclude by reminisces of growing up in Jewish East Baltimore, with “Memory Lane,” written by Sam’s wife Rose, who grew up across the street from him. 

If Barry Levinson is the cultural ambassador to the outside world for Baltimore’s Jewish community, Sam Moss was its internal voice, speaking to young and old through Jewish music, comedy and nostalgia. Source: Official Site

	No Holds Barred PLP-29
	Stand-up
Enjoy!

This Day In Comedy: December 19

Born this day in 1907, H Allen Smith III, humorist, author, “Low Man on Totem Pole.” He died 02/24/1976 at 68.
		Born this day in 1924, Jack DeLeon, comedian, TV’s Barney Miller. He died 10/16/2006 from a series of strokes age 81.
Born this day in 1944, Tim Reid, 66, Norfolk VA, comedian Venus Flytrap on TV’s WKRP, Frank's Place.

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